We rarely have food polls, so why not use nowyat's suggestion? The list of 10 items is of course non-exhaustive, and I purposely didn't have options for "None of the above" or "Other" or "All of the above." Just choose what's available. And on a tangent, I haven't read Yakitate!! Japan in a long time... You know, I used to scanlate that.

I've tried most of these. Every one of them made me sick or gag. Haven't tried Tofu-dango, at least I don't think. Had a girlfriend from Japan who'd make this crap for me. I'll stick to what I'm used to.

A very tough choice. I can't choose between tempura, sushi, yakitori and onigiri, but in the end I chose onigiri. For sushi, it depends on what kind of toppings actually. As for nabe, I have been wanting to try it but haven't gotten a chance. Maybe one fine day. Agree with some about bento too, but I guess generally in my head, bento means rice with any side dishes. XD And ohh, takoyaki should have been in the poll too. I would have definitely chose that for sure!

god, there is so much more great japanese food, but i don't even know the names of most of the stuff i've eaten during my stay in japan. i love soba though - not on the list. first thing i did when i got back from japan: find the nearest supermarket and buy the noodles. i was that addicted to them.and to shiso. the best herb ever. cold soba in soup, with shiso. it's heaven. also, a nice addition in temaki sushi (sushi you make yourself, for example on a temaki sushi party with friends). shiso shiso shiso. i wish i had a garten where i could grow it. you can buy it where i live, but it's insanely expensive. they count the leaves, and it doesn't taste half as well as when found on the roadside in the mountains.

Even though adding bento to the poll is debatable, i still picked it. The variety in an ekiben for example is hard to beat. Kind of wish I had more when I was there. Curry, although not Japanese in origin should really be in it though. Special mention goes to gyoza<3

I might be mistaken, but I was under the impression that ramen was originally a chinese dish... that's like having a poll about your favorite american food and putting tacos in the list when it's really mexican. Udon would have been a better option in my opinion.

Didn't vote Ramen since its not exactly something I eat in true Japanese style very often, I had to go with Okonomiyaki.... If there was "Other" that would go for yakinikudon or cutlet bread... one of those two

I'd say more than 90% taking this vote haven't even eaten more than 2 of the dishes listed and only base their opinion on what they found awesome in japanese media.

see comments asking where takoyaki is...that's more like a snack and not a full dish/meal. Then again, putting bento in the poll is kinda questionable too, since it's nothing defined, you can pack in there whatever you want. The only thing of those that's commonly found over the world is sushi, for everything else you already need to go to specific restaurants.

Ugh, this must be the hardest poll from MU. I just absolutely love okonomiyaki (everyone has to try it, seriously!), but you just can't beat ramen. I can probably eat ramen every day for a whole week, probably cant do that for the former.